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The relationship between socio-economic status and mental health funding, service provision and national policy: a cross-national study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ajit Shah
Ajit Shah*
Affiliation:
Ethnicity and Mental Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK email ajit.shah@wlmht.nhs.uk
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A recent editorial in International Psychiatry (Cox, 2008) described the importance of a new initiative by the Lancet (Horton, 2007) to promote the development and delivery of mental health services and treatments in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This initiative was supported by a series of outstanding papers (Chisholm et al, 2007; Jacob et al, 2007; Patel et al, 2007; Saraceno et al, 2007; Saxena et al, 2007).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 44 - 46
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